Indian pilot Anny Divya claims to have become the youngest woman in the world to captain a Boeing 777. The 30-year-old’s achievement has been widely reported in India, where she flies for commercial airline Air India. “From a child, I always wanted to be a pilot, although I didn’t have much guidance on how to…
When China Airlines received its seventh A350 XWB today, the carrier took possession of the 100th jetliner delivered from this newest family in Airbus’ industry-leading widebody product line. The milestone aircraft is an A350-900 version, joining China Airlines’ growing A350 XWB fleet – adding to the line-up of widebody A330s and A340s flown by the…
A teenager has been arrested at Stansted Airport on suspicion of terrorism offences. Officers from the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit, working with Counter Terrorism Policing South East, arrested the boy yesterday. The teenager, from the Kent area, was due on a flight leaving the UK. He was arrested around 4pm on suspicion of collection of…
A plane passenger was tackled by fellow travellers as he tried to open an emergency door on board a flight. About 30 minutes before landing the man “walked from the front of the plane and sat next to a woman by the emergency exit over the wing”, passenger David Salon said. “Suddenly he lunged across…
75 Members of the Baylor University Men’s Choir, from Texas, found an awesome way to thank their crew for a great flight.
Qantas has banned passengers flying to Australia out of the Philippines from bringing duty free alcohol and other liquids on board over terrorism fears. The airline is even conducting its own bag searches at Manila Airport departure gates as a last line of defence after upgrading it to the highest risk level. Heightened security follows ISIS-linked militants taking over…
JetBlue is disputing family members’ characterization of an episode that prompted their removal from a June 21 flight and said it is considering barring the family from flying with the airline. Through a press release from their attorney, Tamir Raanan and Mandy Ifrah said they were returning home to New York from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with…
A pilot flying a Cessna 206 plane was forced to make a daring emergency landing on a Long Island highway Wednesday, dodging traffic among other obstacles. Drivers on the motorway managed to capture amazing footage of the extraordinary moment on camera. Pilot Jim O’Donnell had just taken off from Brookhaven Calabro Airport in Shirley when…
Striking British Airways cabin crew have announced a further two weeks of action for the first half of August in their battle over pay and sanctions at the airline. Crew in the lower-paid mixed fleet working out of Heathrow started the latest 14-day walkout on 19 July, their 46th day on strike since January, meaning…
An Air India Express flight from Mangalore was diverted to Mumbai on Tuesday evening after a 22-year-old male complained of a stomach ache. Flight AI 885 departed Mangalore at 6.16pm with a total of 72 passengers onboard. Within an hour of the flight the passenger started complaining of stomach pain, suspected to be due to…
British Airways has finally released a new onboard safety video. The video, which will start appearing on British Airways flights from September 2017 is a world apart from the current animated production. Featuring Bafta and Emmy winning actor, Asim Chaudhry, as a loveable but slightly incompetent director, the video plays out through a series of…
